Customer shares the very surprising ingredient that turns spinach wraps green  

A content creator has gone viral after revealing the real reason why spinach wraps are green — and not because of the vegetable.

resident of Oklahoma Paths Ferguson regularly shares surprising information about your favorite food products that can be found in supermarkets across the country.

Most recently, he garnered success by pointing out that the green look of the Mission Garden Spinach Seasoning Wraps isn’t because they’re filled with fresh cups of spinach, but because they’ve added food coloring.

Paden showed that the tortillas didn’t contain any amount of tangible spinach, just spinach powder before comparing them to another popular tortilla brand.

He held up the Mission wraps and said, “Did you know these aren’t green because of the spinach?”

He then turned the tortillas over to read the ingredients and revealed the real reason behind their hue.

“If we take a look, you can see that the reason they’re green is because they have a yellow five and a blue one,” he explained.

Both the yellow five and the blue are common dyes used in a variety of foods.

And as if the presence of coloring wasn’t shocking enough, consumers were even more surprised to learn that the tortillas didn’t even contain fresh spinach.

Paden pointed to the ingredient list and said, “In fact, the only spinach down here is in the middle under spices for spinach powder.”

Artificial food colorings such as the yellow five and the blue are responsible for the bright colors seen in candies, snacks, beverages and more, according to Healthline.

Yellow five can be found in baked goods such as Twinkies, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, M&Ms, and popsicles.

Blue can be found in ice cream, canned peas, popsicles and frosting

It is also said that artificial food coloring is dangerous in large quantities.

A 2015 study linked yellow five to cancer because of the damage it did to DNA over time, causing cells to mutate.

Other studies have linked yellow five, also known as Tartrazine, to hives and asthma symptoms.

In fact, the European Union (EU) Food Standards Agency has deemed yellow five unsafe for children and requires that food contain a warning label if they contain the dye.

The British government has even encouraged food manufacturers to drop artificial coloring all together, and the British version of Skittles has even switched to coloring candy with natural alternatives, such as paprika, beetroot powder and annatto, according to Healthline.

Meanwhile, the yellow five is banned together in Austria and Norway.

However, the United States has not followed suit, and in 2011 the FDA advisory committee decided not to use warning labels.

And due to the lack of regulation on dyes, those in the United States are currently consuming artificial food dyes four times the pace they did 50 years ago when the dyes were introduced.

After revealing that there is food coloring in the Mission wraps, he compared them to the Olé Mexican Foods spinach and spice tortilla wraps.

‘However, the Olé brand does not contain any dyes. However, as you can see no artificial coloring, it does say the spinach is less than two percent, “so that’s interesting,” he said.

At the end of the video, Paden put the tortillas side by side and said, “You can see in a side-by-side that the Mission is very clearly painted and the Olé isn’t.”

Social media users couldn’t contain their shock and flocked to the comments section to express their frustration.

One person said, “Our food is so bad for no reason.”

Another user wrote, “The US is ridiculous. Changing the color of our food is more important than our health.’

“Why do they have to add food coloring to everything?” one person asked.

“I literally thought it would be healthier, I’ll never get ripped off again,” another person commented.